Nick Anderson vs. Spencer Haywood Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Haywood and Nick Anderson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Nick Anderson played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Spencer Haywood, who played 12. Nick Anderson had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Spencer Haywood had his rookie season in 1970-71. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Nick Anderson	13	6	1989-90 to 2001-02
Spencer Haywood	12	4	1970-71 to 1982-83

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13


Rookie Season
	Nick Anderson	Spencer Haywood
Season	1989-90	1970-71
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	81	22.0	11.5	1.3	2.6	3.9	1.5	0.9	0.4	1.7	1.7	4.6	9.3	.494	0.0	0.2	.059	2.3	3.3	.705
Spencer Haywood	33	35.2	20.6	-	-	12.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.5	7.9	17.5	.449	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.734

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Nick Anderson	Spencer Haywood
Season	1990-91	1971-72
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	70	28.2	14.1	1.3	4.2	5.5	1.5	1.1	0.6	1.6	2.1	5.7	12.2	.467	0.2	0.8	.293	2.5	3.7	.668
Spencer Haywood	73	43.4	26.2	-	-	12.7	2.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.8	21.3	.461	-	-	-	6.6	8.0	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Nick Anderson	Spencer Haywood
Season	1991-92	1972-73
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	60	36.7	19.9	1.6	4.8	6.4	2.7	1.6	0.6	2.1	2.2	8.0	17.4	.463	0.5	1.4	.353	3.4	5.1	.667
Spencer Haywood	77	42.3	29.2	-	-	12.9	2.5	-	-	-	2.8	11.5	24.3	.476	-	-	-	6.1	7.3	.839

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Nick Anderson	Spencer Haywood
Season	1992-93	1973-74
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	79	37.0	19.9	1.5	4.5	6.0	3.4	1.6	0.7	2.1	2.5	7.5	16.8	.449	1.1	3.2	.353	3.8	5.1	.741
Spencer Haywood	75	40.5	23.5	4.2	9.2	13.4	3.2	0.9	1.4	-	2.6	9.3	20.3	.457	-	-	-	5.0	6.1	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Nick Anderson	Spencer Haywood
Season	1993-94	1974-75
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	81	34.7	15.8	1.4	4.5	5.9	3.6	1.7	0.4	2.0	1.8	6.2	13.0	.478	1.2	3.9	.322	2.1	3.1	.672
Spencer Haywood	68	37.2	22.4	2.9	6.4	9.3	2.0	0.8	1.6	-	2.5	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	4.5	5.6	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	3	40.0	14.3	0.7	2.7	3.3	3.3	1.7	0.7	1.7	2.7	4.3	11.3	.382	2.7	6.7	.400	3.0	4.0	.750
Spencer Haywood	9	37.4	15.7	2.2	6.8	9.0	2.0	0.8	1.2	-	3.2	5.2	14.6	.359	-	-	-	5.2	6.8	.770


Season 6
	Nick Anderson	Spencer Haywood
Season	1994-95	1975-76
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	76	34.1	15.8	1.1	3.3	4.4	4.1	1.6	0.3	1.9	1.6	5.8	12.1	.476	2.4	5.7	.415	1.9	2.7	.704
Spencer Haywood	78	37.1	19.9	3.0	8.3	11.3	1.2	0.7	1.0	-	3.3	7.8	17.4	.445	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	21	38.8	14.2	1.0	3.8	4.8	3.1	1.6	0.5	1.4	2.3	5.1	11.4	.448	2.0	5.1	.383	2.0	3.0	.683
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Nick Anderson	Spencer Haywood
Season	1995-96	1976-77
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	77	35.3	14.7	1.2	4.2	5.4	3.6	1.6	0.6	1.8	1.8	5.2	11.7	.442	2.2	5.6	.391	2.2	3.1	.692
Spencer Haywood	31	32.9	16.5	2.5	6.5	9.0	1.6	0.5	0.9	-	2.3	6.5	14.5	.450	-	-	-	3.5	4.2	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	11	38.0	14.2	1.5	3.5	5.0	1.9	1.9	0.5	1.9	2.0	5.0	11.5	.433	1.6	5.7	.286	2.5	4.1	.622
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Nick Anderson	Spencer Haywood
Season	1996-97	1977-78
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	63	34.3	12.0	1.0	3.8	4.8	2.9	1.9	0.5	1.4	2.5	4.6	11.5	.397	2.3	6.4	.353	0.6	1.5	.404
Spencer Haywood	67	26.3	13.7	2.1	4.5	6.6	1.9	0.6	1.1	2.1	2.8	6.1	12.7	.484	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.711

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	5	26.0	5.6	0.6	5.2	5.8	0.6	0.6	1.8	1.2	1.6	2.4	7.2	.333	0.8	3.0	.267	0.0	0.4	.000
Spencer Haywood	6	29.5	16.2	3.2	3.8	7.0	2.0	0.3	0.8	1.7	4.0	7.2	14.2	.506	-	-	-	1.8	1.8	1.000


Season 9
	Nick Anderson	Spencer Haywood
Season	1997-98	1978-79
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks, New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	58	29.3	15.3	1.7	3.4	5.1	2.1	1.2	0.4	1.5	1.7	5.9	13.0	.455	1.3	3.7	.360	2.2	3.4	.638
Spencer Haywood	68	34.7	20.9	2.5	5.3	7.8	1.9	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.5	8.8	17.7	.494	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Nick Anderson	Spencer Haywood
Season	1998-99	1979-80
Team	Orlando Magic	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	47	33.6	14.9	1.1	4.8	5.9	1.9	1.4	0.3	1.8	1.5	5.4	13.6	.395	2.0	5.9	.347	2.1	3.4	.611
Spencer Haywood	76	20.3	9.7	1.7	2.8	4.6	1.2	0.5	0.8	1.8	2.6	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.7	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	4	37.8	20.8	1.8	5.0	6.8	2.3	2.3	0.0	2.5	3.0	7.3	19.8	.367	2.8	10.5	.262	3.5	4.8	.737
Spencer Haywood	11	13.2	5.7	1.3	1.1	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.3	4.8	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.5	.813

Note: Spencer Haywood didn't play in 1980-81.


Season 11
	Nick Anderson	Spencer Haywood
Season	1999-00	1981-82
Team	Sacramento Kings	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	72	29.1	10.8	1.2	3.6	4.7	1.7	1.3	0.2	1.3	1.6	4.3	10.9	.391	1.8	5.5	.332	0.5	1.1	.487
Spencer Haywood	76	27.4	13.3	1.9	3.7	5.6	0.8	0.6	0.9	2.3	3.3	5.2	10.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.9	3.4	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	5	26.4	7.2	0.8	2.6	3.4	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.8	1.8	2.2	6.8	.324	1.4	4.0	.350	1.4	1.6	.875
Spencer Haywood	7	33.0	20.0	2.3	3.3	5.6	1.0	0.6	2.0	2.1	4.0	8.1	16.4	.496	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.0	.743


Season 12
	Nick Anderson	Spencer Haywood
Season	2000-01	1982-83
Team	Sacramento Kings	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	21	8.0	1.8	0.1	1.0	1.2	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.7	2.7	.246	0.5	1.9	.256	0.0	0.0	-
Spencer Haywood	38	20.4	8.2	2.0	2.8	4.8	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.8	2.5	3.3	8.2	.401	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.3	.724

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Nick Anderson	Spencer Haywood
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	15	14.6	4.0	0.1	2.1	2.2	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.1	1.4	5.1	.276	0.9	3.2	.271	0.3	0.6	.556
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Anderson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spencer Haywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Nick Anderson vs. Spencer Haywood Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Spencer Haywood and Nick Anderson, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13